Name - Metacanthocephalus Yamaguti 1959

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:418185 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Metacanthocephalus

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Original Description Reference

• Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 55. Four new genera of Acanthocephala from fishes. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 1959: 319-326. [Zoological Record Volume 98]

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• Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 55. Four new genera of Acanthocephala from fishes. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 1959: 319-326. [Zoological Record Volume 97]

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Recent Publications

• Antarctic acanthocephalans of the genus Metacanthocephalus.
• Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 55. Four new genera of Acanthocephala from fishes.
• Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 55. Four new genera of Acanthocephala from fishes.
• Systematic position of the genus Metacanthocephalus Yamaguti, 1959 (Palaeacanthocephala: Echinorhynchida) inferred from molecular evidence, with a redescription of Metacanthocephalus ovicephalus (Zhukov, 1960).

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